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Netanyahu Says he’s making Israel a “Sparta:” He means a global Pariah State
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Netanyahu Says he’s making Israel a “Sparta:” He means a global Pariah State

H. Scott Prosterman

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to position Israel as the modern day Sparta, and to sell […]

Israel’s Gaza City Invasion: Forced Migration and Hospitals Besieged and Bombed

Israel’s Gaza City Invasion: Forced Migration and Hospitals Besieged and Bombed

09/23/2025 By International Middle East Media Center

UK, France and other Western Nations recognize Palestinian State  – but symbolic Action won’t make Statehood happen

UK, France and other Western Nations recognize Palestinian State – but symbolic Action won’t make Statehood happen

09/23/2025 By The Conversation

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The Difference between Israeli Policy and Turkish: Calling Each other Terrorist State

The Difference between Israeli Policy and Turkish: Calling Each other Terrorist State

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – First, Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan gave a speech in the Central Anatolian province of Sivas on […]

Juan Cole

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If the Trump Revolution Is Possible, So Is a Progressive One

If the Trump Revolution Is Possible, So Is a Progressive One

By John Feffer | ( Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – The increased tempo of the GOP’s snatch and grab in recent days suggests […]

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Smoking Gun: Did the Russians admit to Interference in the US Election?

Smoking Gun: Did the Russians admit to Interference in the US Election?

By Don Van Atta | (Informed Comment) | – – A little-noticed Russian diplomatic approach to the US on 17 July amounted to an official […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Toward a Federal United States of Israel & Palestine?

Toward a Federal United States of Israel & Palestine?

By David Gerald Fincham They say that the two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict is dead. Good. Partition was never the right way out of […]

Juan Cole

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When Will America’s Wars have their Harvey Weinstein Moment?

When Will America’s Wars have their Harvey Weinstein Moment?

By Andrew J. Bacevich | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – What makes a Harvey Weinstein moment? The now-disgraced Hollywood mogul is hardly the first powerful man […]

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Why Aren't Americans Celebrating fall of ISIL State?  It is a bogeyman

Why Aren’t Americans Celebrating fall of ISIL State? It is a bogeyman

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Other people are celebrating the defeat of Daesh (ISIS, ISIL) on the battlefield and its destruction […]

Juan Cole

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Saudi Blockade depriving Yemen Civilians of Food, Hospitals--UN should Sanction Riyadh (HRW)

Saudi Blockade depriving Yemen Civilians of Food, Hospitals–UN should Sanction Riyadh (HRW)

Human rights Watch | – – The Saudi-led coalition’s broad restrictions on aid and essential goods to Yemen’s civilian population are worsening the country’s humanitarian […]

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The Rapture of Dominionists: Now Evangelicals are Dictating US Mideast Policy

The Rapture of Dominionists: Now Evangelicals are Dictating US Mideast Policy

By Julie Ingersoll | (The Conversation) | – – President Trump’s announcement on Wednesday, Dec. 6 that the U.S. would recognize Jerusalem as the capital […]

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Israel/ Palestine
In Photos: Israeli police use force to break up protest in East Jerusalem

In Photos: Israeli police use force to break up protest in East Jerusalem

Ma’an News Agency | – – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israeli police on Saturday entered occupied East Jerusalem on foot and on horseback, and suppressed a […]

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